Hang On!Written by Joyce C. Lock
God is love and He dwells within you. When you truly love, it is God loving through you. Therefore, it is never wrong to love. Love means you love enough to do whatever is in other's best interest, meeting needs of their heart. Sometimes, that is easy and wonderful. Other times, it is very hard and painful. But, love never fails. It will always accomplish purpose in which God gave it. In any area of service wherein God calls you to love, yet doors are closed, it becomes a heartache and longing within. You may even learn to be content. However, your soul will never, otherwise, be complete. As it is God who lives within you, it is God who prompts your heart to love. And, He doesn’t stop calling just because someone else disagrees, Ro. 11:29.
| | Messengers of LoveWritten by Joyce C. Lock
"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." John 15:13 Sometimes, it seems God asks nearly impossible; His standards being so high that average week kneed, belly aching, fearful person could never obtain (defeating ourselves even before we've begun). Perhaps, we don't listen carefully to what He said. Jesus didn't say we had to "give up" our lives, like victims with a gun pointing to our head. It's rare that anyone actually faces a life or death situation to protect a friend (aside from war). What Jesus did mean was to lay our life down, willfully, dying to self to meet a greater need; which only counts when done in love. When a phone call comes at 2:00 a.m., where distraught seeking counseling, put aside your need of rest. When you have in mind a shopping spree except you see another without shoes, consider their need first. When you've planned a getaway weekend but your friend has emergency surgery, a house full of children, and no one to care for them ~ put off your plans.
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